Egypt heading for new coup d’etat as Sisi destroys the country
According to the Freedom House, Egypt’s rate of freedom has reached its worst status in the last few decades with 18/100 points for freedom and civil rights in 2021. This has been the average estimation since Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi took…
El-Sisi approves EUR 150 million euro loan from France
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has approved a 150 million euro loan from the French Development Agency to support the social protection sector. The Egyptian government pledged that the Ministry of Finance, through the Central Bank of Egypt, would fulfil all…
Egypt joins the New Development Bank of BRICS as an alternative source of debts
The Ministry of Finance in Egypt issued a statement announcing Egypt’s joining the New Development Bank (NDB), stressing that this will help Egypt meet its financing needs, and that this comes within the framework of keenness to diversify sources of…
Egypt’s PM ratifies sentences against El-Elaimi and other political activists
The Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, ratified the ruling issued by the Emergency State Security Misdemeanor Court, on November 17, against a number of political activists. Former activist and parliamentarian Ziad El-Elaimi was sentenced to five years, journalists Hisham Fouad…
The Egyptian government raises the prices of basic food commodities
The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade raised the prices of six commodities on ration cards: sugar, pasta, lentils, cheese, margarine and washing powder. Also, the ministry removed four commodities from the ration cards: matchs, tahini, chicken stock and cappuccino….
Freedom of press: Egyptian authorities investigate a notable opponent journalist on criticizing the parliamentary elections
Reporters Without Borders issued a statement expressing its full support for the journalist and editor-in-chief of the Darb news website, Khaled Al-Balshi, after he was summoned for investigation before the Public Prosecution on charges of spreading false news. The organization…
ANHRI: Egypt witnessed over 200 protest activities in 2021
The Arab Network for Human Rights Information issued a report on labour and social protests in Egypt during the second half of December 2021. It announced that it had documented seven protests during that period, including four social protests and…
Detained ex-parliamentarian Hesham Hanafi passes away in Scorpion Prison
The Egyptian Network for Human Rights along with Shehab Center and We Record for Human Rights declared the death of ex-parliamentarian, Hesham al-Qadi Hanafi, 62 years, in the disreputable Scorpion prison. Hanafi was arrested last March after he had previously…
Mohamed Afifi: Political detainee died inside the National Security without updating his family over 6 years
The Egyptian Network for Human Rights said the political detainee, Mohamed Gomaa Yousuf Afifi, died in the National Security Premises in Eastern Cairo six years ago, but the National Security did not report the death to his family, who filed…
The Egyptian government decides to increase the price of sugar
Egypt’s minister of supplies and domestic trade, Ali Moselhi, decided to raise the price of sugar starting from January 2022 to 10.5 pounds per Kg instead of 8.5 pounds. The minister attributed the increase to the high international prices due…
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